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UPDATE 19.3.20 : SAFEGUARDING OUR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE Update 19.3.20 : Safeguarding our children and young people This pastoral and safeguarding aspect of school is central to ourrole. Now with the Department's decision to close schools wewould like to equip you with information should you need supportfor a child in your care or for another. Please share these details as needed. As Designated Teacher (E Quinn) and Deputy Designated Teacher(L McLean) along with our Safeguarding Board of Governors, weare keen to keep in contact with as many of our vulnerablechildren as possible. We are meeting to ensure that we can do this safely as possiblefor all involved. If you feel you would like additional support over this time pleasecontact the school or send a message via class dojo classmessages (individual message - NOT on class story) and mark itconfidential. This will ensure that the safeguarding team onlyaccess this information. In the meantime, we hope you are keeping well and spirits are up.We will keep you updated with further information as we receive it. Thank you EQ

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UPDATED LINKS FOR WORKING AT HOME IN CASE OF CONFIRMED CLOSURES IN SCHOOL

School closures will no doubt come, for any parents worrying this list was put together by the home ed community 💗 feel free to share.

FREE online education resources

A non-exhaustive list that might help those affected by school closures due to coronavirus, compiled by home educators.
Feel free to share.

Khan Academyhttps://www.khanacademy.org
Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.

BBC Learninghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Futurelearnhttps://www.futurelearn.com
Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).

Twinklhttps://www.twinkl.co.uk
This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.

Openlearnhttps://www.open.edu/openlearn/
Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some e.g. nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people.

Coronavirus Update (2 March 2020) - these have been shared on Class Dojo for your information